A bit more like it.

[David Bandel]

On 1/29/07, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
> David Bandel wrote:
> > On 1/29/07, Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:
> >> On Mon, Jan 29, 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >>> On Monday 29 January 2007 11:31 am, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> >>>> I personally do not like Dell, but for those who do:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/e510_nseries?c=us&cs
> >>>> =19&l=en&s=dhs
> >>> It strikes me that if they offer no support on the box, that they've
> >>> dramatically reduced their overall costs on this thing.  Therefore,
> >>> they should be nearly giving the thing away.  This is a no-risk move.
> >>> They tell their marketing guys to post the web page.  If they sell six
> >>> boxes, they covered their investment to compose the page.  The rest is
> >>> gravy.
> >> Now if they would provide laptops with eraser button mouse pads :-).
> >>
> >
> > This is the main reason I buy Dell laptops -- the nice Synaptics
> > touchpad.  I hate the erasers -- too hard to use.  (Ugh - me vi, you
> > emacs - ugh).
> >
> > Ciao,
> >
> > David A. Bandel
>
> I did not see any laptops on that page  ;-)
>

No, and don't hold your breath on that any time soon.  I can buy
systems without an OS.  You can't buy a laptop that way because you
can't buy a laptop as a barebones system and put it together yourself.
 So expect to pay the "Bill Tax" on them for a very long time yet.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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